The prime ministerial candidate responds to Donald Trump imposing 25% tariffs on Canada.

Summary

Mark Carney, frontrunner for Canadian Liberal Party leadership and potential prime minister, stated Canada will stand up to a bully after Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian imports.

Carney vowed to retaliate by matching the US tariffs dollar for dollar, asserting Canada would not cave in despite mounting pressure.

He criticized Trump for undermining trade agreements, warning that the tariffs would damage the US global reputation and economic stability.

Outgoing Prime Minister Trudeau promised a forceful, immediate response, emphasizing unity as Canada defends its economic interests, ensuring national prosperity.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    21 hours ago

    Troop morale would be incredibly low, too. I would be pissed if I somehow got drafted to invade Canada. It’d be like something out of a cartoon.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.todayEnglish
      7·
      16 hours ago

      Right? Like “Bro they’ve got maple syrup, healthcare, and poutine. If you think I’m pointing a rifle at them instead of marching up there with a gift basket and immigration papers, you gotta be out of your mind!” Lol

      • AJ1@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        14 hours ago

        It’s inevitable though on a long enough timeline. We all know that the entire western US is literally running out of water, and eventually they’re gonna want ours. I’m sure conversations have been had about how to get it, and someday it’s gonna happen. When that day comes, I just pray to baby Jebus that Trump isn’t the one in charge so there might be a shred of hope for a diplomatic arrangement instead of a straight-up invasion for our resources.

    • Someone@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      15 hours ago

      Unfortunately you have enough people who just believe whatever their guy says. I’d think it would be like a Russia-Ukraine type thing, in the sense that a lot of friends and family are on both sides of the border, but Russia still found (and admittedly forced) enough people who didn’t care.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      19 hours ago

      It would literally be asked to potentially die for the cause of betraying an ally for money. And not money for you, money for already extremely wealthy oligarchs.

        • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          15 hours ago

          No, just the Iraq war was like that. And even then Saddam Hussein was actually an evil motherfucker and the US tried to claim it was a war about liberation. But we know oil was a significant consideration there.

          Afghanistan was about finding the terrorist that did 9/11. I’m Canadian so I have family that went over there and came back with PTSD. We were only over there because the US was our ally. Only war Canada has ever lost in it’s history and it was because the US fucked it all up by going on a side quest to Iraq.